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Hey, I'm happy to see them finally prove the line isn't dead with a release I can happily snooze through. Wake me up when they decide to release something actually seen in a series or movie.
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That's kind of the funny thing though, they're already way past that point in some cases. For the most part, I think the prices still tend to float around 10 cents per piece on average (lots of exceptions in both directions, depending on the size of the parts included), but they keep pushing out bigger and bigger sets. At the end of the day, I'm ok with spending more if I'm still getting what feels like my money's worth in parts. I think this might be pushing that envelope a little, but it's also just a set I really want to build to see how they made it (and how difficult it will be to convert it into a Nebula ).
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I would honestly be incredibly surprised if they attempt any sort of interior on the ship at all. Anyone who has ever built a model of the Enterprise-D knows exactly how structurally challenging the saucer connection is, and with how many creative arrangements of angled tiles they're pulling off there, I really doubt there will be any room for anything but support framework. Would be happy to be proven wrong though. That is a really fun story though, and I actually had never made the connection to Bing Crosby. It's a shame they didn't want to do more with her in the show, but I'm glad they eventually pulled her back into the universe through some time shenanigans, and even further into the MMO continuity for Star Trek Online, leading to some of the most entertaining story bits I remember of that game.
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Oh, I wasn't worried about the playability scale, just that I hadn't seen anything about a shuttle separately. Good to know they have something better planned then.
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I guess the Sv-51 makes sense after the VF-0A re-release, but I can't help but think the Tomahawk is just trying to fire a shot across Bandai's bow.
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Do you mean an actual shuttle that's bigger than a single brick? Because there is one there, mounted on the back of the main bay. I can't imagine they'd try to package a maximum of five parts separately. I really want to see a good view of the deflector array though. That's a challenging shape to get right in any medium, and the angles so far don't look great to me. I don't know. Maybe my standards are too high for complex shapes, but I feel like the recent Jango Slave I set the bar very high for complex shaping, and their more recent sets are not living up to that at all.
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Not to be overly harsh, but I feel like the nacelles are the only shape there that really works well. The angled panel patchwork is a lot harsher when you can't cover it up with greeblies like the Falcon sets. I have to think there are enough angled tiles available to get that edge smoother. Still, will be happy to grab one. I think the colors on the edge of the saucer are causing some issues though. I think I do see a tiny shuttle mounted behind the main bay as well. Actually.. I'm kind of tempted to get two, and rebuild one as the Galaxy-X. I feel like the extra superstructure and phaser cannon would cover up some of the uglier parts.
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Happy birthday! Mine's later this month, so I might burn my VIP points and pick up the Shuttle carrier to redesign. That Batmobile does look great though, I might have to grab it. I picked up the big TV Batmobile earlier this year, primarily for the selection of parts (those windshield parts are amazing), but it's an amazing set altogether. Bumblebee didn't convince me, but I might grab that Soundwave though. Otherwise, still searching for options to reshape the shuttle OMS pods.. I might need to pick up a few more small brackets to stack to form the rear thruster banks better, and maybe get the color divisions better.
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Fair enough, yeah. Those VF-25 fighter kits did have the main parts color-molded, but considering how much of Alto's VF-25 is white anyway, it really wasn't a challenge. It think the only colored parts it had were the tails, fins, feet, head panel, cockpit insert, and gunpod. I bought a bunch though, since at the time they were about $6. I never intended to use the (absolute garbage) Bandai decals, since I was more interested in painting them up based on other schemes in the Master File, and a blank white plane was the ideal starting point.
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If all you really want is the plane, these kits have existed for a long time, and you can buy a handful of them for the cost of a single transforming kit. I don't know how often they get reissued, but I'm surprised they aren't just discontinued at this point. I'm frankly just disappointed they didn't make more marking sets, let alone more valks in this line. https://www.hlj.com/1-100-scale-vf-25f-messiah-valkyrie-alto-custom-ban969488
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"Canon" size aside, the Legioss looks stupidly tiny compared with anything modern, to the point that it's not even believable. The 1/48 cockpit is cramped enough that it looks like it should be 1/60 anyway.
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You know.. I kind of want to think that that piece is a simple enough shape that you could just machine one out of solid plastic without too much trouble, or even metal with the right tools. It's just a rounded plate with holes. Would take precision to make by hand, maybe a jig or drill press to align the holes, but it's not really a complex piece, unless those indented sections are actually required to fit during transformation.
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Really wish they would do an armored Ozma already (and please make the figure Cathy ) I'll give them credit where due though, it's hilarious, but the VFG super VF-25 is the only version I know of that actually locks together into a solid fighter mode with parts that don't pop off easily (yes, that includes the DX).